Technically its less than 2 years old. The GTX 1080 was $700 when released 2 years ago. The GTX 1080 ti came along later. I have the EVGA GTX 1080 ti FTW3 Hybrid. When I increase the power level to the maximum(127%) and increase the GPU clock to +105, it shows up as running at 2088 to 2101 MHz in games. The memory seems to be stable at +550 MHz in most games. In some games I can run at +600 MHz.

There is a switch on the FTW3 cards that switches between the different BIOS on the card. One allows a 127% maximum power. The other allows less than 120% maximum power.

Yes, I pulled the trigger on 1st gen TR. Got really good deal on it paid $666 (Saved $420 including taxes).
Thanks, I will keep that in mind.
@Necrophore I forgot to mention, it will be liquid cooled so the stock cooling system doesn't matter.
Yea, it gets pretty expensive; I will probably return some of them or save it for future loop revision. I haven't purchase the GPU yet, however I just purchase my RAM today.